James L Bullen
Jim’s primary focus is on oil and gas exploration and production from “cradle to grave”, including unitization strategy, unit creation, title examination, curative, designing lease forms for specific prospects, participation agreements, joint operating agreements, farmouts, surface location and right-of-way agreements, settling damage claims, negotiating and drafting transactional documents, due diligence, closing transactions, and numerous additional issues associated with hydrocarbon exploration and production and related transactions.
Jim has been lead counsel in judge, jury and arbitration trials regarding contract disputes, paying quantities, lease maintenance, billing disputes, personal injury, etc. Additionally, he is a frequent presenter at continuing education seminars for landmen and has authored numerous Louisiana legal update articles for the Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen’s monthly newsletter during the last twenty years.
Education:
J.D., Tulane University School of Law, 1992
B.S., Business Administration, Louisiana State University, 1988
Affiliations:
Louisiana State Bar Association
Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen
Court Admissions: All Louisiana state courts
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
George C Plauché
George is experienced in matters involving maritime liens and arrests of vessels. George also assists clients in a wide range of transactional matters, and is experienced in the review and negotiation of contracts, with a particular focus on agreements in the offshore oil and gas industry. George has handled commercial transactions, including the drafting and negotiation of charter parties, master service agreements and boarding agreements.
Education:
J.D., Louisiana State University – Paul M. Hebert School of Law, 1994
B.S., Physics, Millsaps College, magna cum laude, with Honors in Physics, 1991
Affiliations :
Louisiana State Bar Association
Texas State Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Court Admissions Louisiana and Texas state courts
U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Linda Bonin
She has also been associated with the industry through family members (husband, son and father-in-law) working for oil and gas companies, from gauging wells, offshore surveying to company representative on offshore rigs.
Linda’s experience also includes wills, trusts, successions, contracts and litigation.
Oil & Gas
Maritime
• Participation Agreements
• Joint Operating Agreements
• Unitization
• Title Examination
• Title Curative
• Custom Lease Forms
• Litigation, including contract disputes, billing disputes, and personal injury
• Surface Use Agreements
• Right-of-way Agreements
• Subsurface Use Agreements
• Damage Settlements
• Negotiating and Executing Transactional Documents
• Due Diligence
• Closing Transactions
• Oil Well Liens
• Blue water and brown water casualties
• Vessel collisions and allisions
• Offshore platform losses
• Personal injury claims by both Jones Act seamen and offshore workers
• Vessel arrests and attachments
• Charter disputes
• Pollution
• Maritime products liability claims
• Marine insurance
• Indemnity and other marine risk transfer agreements
• Maritime and oil well liens
• Suits on maritime contracts